Immigration

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The change in admissions policy was announced last week, opening the door to the most prominent medical school in the northwest to the immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

It’s the first time in recent history that an Oregon church has taken in an immigrant. Churches nationwide have offered refuge to immigrants lacking legal status, because immigration officials don’t arrest people inside churches

Counties in Washington state have joined a growing number of local jurisdictions in Colorado and Oregon that will no longer detain immigrants who are eligible for release on behalf of federal immigration authorities.